AQ Khan says N.Korea possessed nuke weapons capability as far back as 1999
December 28th, 2009 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec. 28 (ANI): Pakistan's disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan has revealed that the North Korean Government opened a second way to build nuclear weapons as early as the 1990s.According ... Read more...
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‘Defiant’ Iran announces plans to build ten new uranium enrichment plants
November 30th, 2009 - 3:41 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Nov 30(ANI): Two days after world powers ordered Iran to halt the construction of a uranium enrichment plant near Qom, Iran has announced that it has plans to build ten new ... Read more...
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New Iran site raises question about other secret locations: IAEA
November 16th, 2009 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Vienna, Nov 16 (DPA) Iran's late declaration of a new nuclear site raises the question whether there are other still secret facilities, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Monday in its ... Read more...
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Iran seeks changes to international uranium deal
October 30th, 2009 - 4:26 am ICT by IANS
Vienna/Tehran, Oct 30 (DPA) Iran delivered its reply to a planned nuclear fuel deal Thursday, but demanded amendments to the proposal designed to reduce Iran's enriched uranium stock and build confidence in ... Read more...
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US prepared to move with sanctions on Iran
October 7th, 2009 - 2:46 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 7 (DPA) The US is preparing to push forward with international sanctions if negotiations with Iran over its nuclear programme fail, US officials said Tuesday.
Deputy Secretary of States James Steinberg ... Read more...
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Chinese Premier pushes for nuclear-free Korean peninsula
October 5th, 2009 - 12:15 pm ICT by ANI
Pyongyang (North Korea), Oct.5 (ANI): Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for talks with top leader Kim Jong-il Sunday and said that he would be ... Read more...
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US to demand immediate opening of Iranian nuclear site: Report
September 27th, 2009 - 9:31 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 27 (DPA) The world powers led by the US will insist in a meeting Thursday with an Iranian delegation that Tehran immediately open its newly revealed nuclear plant to ... Read more...
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Iran confirms it has second uranium enrichment plant (Lead)
September 25th, 2009 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Vienna, Sep 25 (DPA) Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency it is building a second, previously unknown, uranium enrichment plant, the IAEA confirmed in Vienna Friday.
Iran admitted to the ... Read more...
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Iran reveals second uranium enrichment plant to IAEA
September 25th, 2009 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
Vienna, Sep 25 (DPA) Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) it is constructing a second, so far unknown uranium-enrichment facility, diplomats in Vienna said Friday.
Until now the international community ... Read more...
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Iran ready for talks without preconditions: Official
August 18th, 2009 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 18 (RIA Novosti) Iran is ready to hold talks on its nuclear programme with the West without any preconditions, a senior Iranian official said Tuesday.
"Iran's main position on talks regarding ... Read more...
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Obama asks Brazil to press Iran on nukes
July 10th, 2009 - 4:56 am ICT by IANS
L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (EFE) US President Barack Obama has urged his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to help convince Iran to keep its nuclear programme peaceful.
The two leaders ... Read more...
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Mousavi win wouldn’t stop Iran’s nuke drive, claims Israel
June 12th, 2009 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, June 12 (ANI): Israel has said that even if former Iran Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi wins Friday's presidential elections, his country's quest for being nuclear-armed will not diminish.As more ... Read more...
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Israel says to back US talks with Iran
May 6th, 2009 - 5:10 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 6 (DPA) Israeli President Shimon Peres said Tuesday his country would back US President Barack Obama's plan to engage in direct talks with Iran.
Peres said it would be the ... Read more...
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US, European allies ready to drop key demands for talks with Iran
April 14th, 2009 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 14 (ANI): The United States and its European allies are ready to drop a longstanding American demand that Tehran rapidly shut down nuclear facilities during the early phases of negotiations ... Read more...
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Iran to build nuclear reactors overseas in 10 years: Official (Lead)
April 13th, 2009 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Qom (Iran), April 13 (IANS) Iran will be able to build nuclear power plants worldwide within the next ten years, IRNA reported Monday quoting a senior official.
Mohammad Saeedi, deputy director of Iran ... Read more...
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Iran to build nuclear plants worldwide: Official
April 13th, 2009 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Qom (Iran), April 13 (IANS) Iran will be among the major builders of nuclear power plants worldwide within the next ten years, a senior official said.
The Deputy Head of Iran Atomic Energy ... Read more...
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Obama extends sanctions on Iran for another year
March 13th, 2009 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar.13 (ANI): Expressing its fears that Iran''s nuclear program is a cover to build atomic weapons, the Obama administration has extended sanctions imposed on that country for one more year.
Tehran ... Read more...
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Iran, Syria violate UN arms transfer ban, say members
March 11th, 2009 - 3:41 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 11 (DPA) Iran supplied arms to Syria in violation of a UN Security Council resolution banning arms transfer as part of measures against Iran's nuclear activities, the US and ... Read more...
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Iran has enough fissile material to produce up to 50 nuclear weapons: Report
March 5th, 2009 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 5 (ANI): Iran has ready access to enough fissile material to produce up to 50 nuclear weapons and can develop a nuclear bomb within a year, according to a ... Read more...
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Israel says Iran’’s activation of nuke plant, an international failure (Re-issue)
February 27th, 2009 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Feb.26 (ANI): Irans decision to activate the Bushehr nuclear reactor highlights the international community''s failure to stop that country from obtaining a nuclear weapon, the Jerusalem Post quoted senior Israeli ... Read more...
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Israel says Iran’s activation of nuke plant, an international failure
February 26th, 2009 - 3:48 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Feb.26 (ANI): Iran's decision to activate the Bushehr nuclear reactor highlights the international community's failure to stop that country from obtaining a nuclear weapon, the Jerusalem Post quoted senior Israeli defense ... Read more...
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Can Iran make a nuclear bomb? Not so fast, analysts say
February 26th, 2009 - 9:38 am ICT by IANS
Vienna, Feb 26 (DPA) It's an argument over one figure: With 1,010 kg of low-enriched uranium, does Iran have the capability to make a nuclear weapon? Or is the country still some ... Read more...
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Obama indicates new approach for Iran
January 12th, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 12 (DPA) US president-elect Barack Obama indicated that his administration would move "swiftly" with new tactics in its approach to Iran to head off the impending nuclear crisis and block ... Read more...
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Iran has 4,000 operational centrifuges: Minister
August 29th, 2008 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 29 (DPA) Iran has 4,000 operational centrifuges at the uranium enrichment plant in Natanz in central Iran, deputy foreign minister Alireza Sheikh-Attar said Friday.Almost 4,000 centrifuges were operating in Natanz ... Read more...
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US accuses Iran of stalling; will seek sanctions
August 7th, 2008 - 2:45 am ICT by IANS
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Washington, Aug 7 (DPA) Iran has failed to provide a clear response to an international offer aimed at resolving the nuclear dispute and discussions have begun towards enacting another round of UN ... Read more...
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Ahmadinejad sees chance for ‘common ground’
July 29th, 2008 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Washington, July 28 (DPA) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday he sees a chance for "common ground" in resolving the dispute with the West over the Islamic state's nuclear activities. Ahmadinejad said ... Read more...
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Constructive US approach can resolve nuclear issue: Iran
July 18th, 2008 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, July 18 (IANS) In its first public reaction to the US presence during Saturday's nuclear talks in Geneva, Iran Friday said a constructive approach by Washington would help in resolving the ... Read more...
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Bush marks 40 years of NPT
July 2nd, 2008 - 1:21 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Washington, July 1 (DPA) US President George W. Bush Tuesday marked the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Non-Proliferation Treaty by calling on countries to ensure nuclear technology does not wind ... Read more...
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Renewed change in Iranian nuclear team
June 30th, 2008 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Tehran, June 30 (DPA) Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeid Jalili has appointed Ali Baqeri, a former Iranian foreign ministry general director, as his new deputy for international affairs, replacing Javad Vaeidi, Iran's ... Read more...
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Iran says it is examining incentive package
June 29th, 2008 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, June 29 (IANS) Iran Sunday said it was examining a package of incentives handed over by European Union (EU) foreign affairs chief Javier Solana early this month in a bid to ... Read more...
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Iran hiding information about nuclear activities: US
May 28th, 2008 - 2:14 am ICT by admin
DPA
Washington, May 28 (DPA) A new UN report shows that Iran "willfully" withheld information about its effort to develop technology that could lead to the building to nuclear weapons, the US said ... Read more...
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UN inspectors to return to Iran
April 26th, 2008 - 6:58 am ICT by admin
DPA
Tehran, April 26 (DPA) Inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog would make a return visit to Tehran to discuss intelligence alleging Iran pursued nuclear weapons studies, diplomats in Vienna confirmed Friday. An ... Read more...
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US shows proof of North Korea-Syria n-cooperation
April 25th, 2008 - 7:05 am ICT by admin
DPA
Washington, April 24 (DPA) US intelligence officials were on Capitol Hill Thursday to present lawmakers with evidence that North Korea assisted Syria in the construction of the nuclear reactor destroyed by ... Read more...
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Iran making slow progress in uranium enrichment: IAEA
April 17th, 2008 - 8:29 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Berlin, April 17 (DPA) Iran is making only slow progress in enriching uranium for use in nuclear applications, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said here Thursday. IAEA General ... Read more...
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US criticises Switzerland for energy deal with Iran
March 20th, 2008 - 7:19 am ICT by admin
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Washington, March 20 (DPA) The US has criticised Switzerland for signing an energy deal with Iran because the Islamic state has refused to comply with UN demands to suspend uranium enrichment. "We ... Read more...
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